Arbor Day Foundation

Arbor Day Foundation

"The idea for Arbor Day originally came from Nebraska. A visit to Nebraska today wouldn't disclose that the state was once a treeless plain. Yet it was the lack of trees there that led to the founding of Arbor Day in the 1800s."


 * John Rosenow, Executive Director

Trustees
Accessed January 2009:


 * Gary Hergenrader - Chair
 * Richard H. Beahrs
 * Doug Bereuter
 * Helen Boosalis
 * Preston Cole
 * Mrs Lee A. Crayton, Jr.
 * Leticia Roche Fortuny
 * A. Joy Grant
 * Ed Jaenke
 * Bill Kruideniner
 * Ken Munson
 * James O'Hanlon
 * Dan Patterson

Contact

 * Web: http://www.arborday.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Trees for the Future

Critical Books

 * Shaul Cohen, Planting Nature: Trees and the Manipulation of Environmental Stewardship in America (University of California Press, 2004).